The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-04

out of the party.
1t is best to talk plain about this mat
ter, and we intend to do SO. We regret
to see that some Of our highly esteemed
and respected Democratic contemporaries
IN the Eastern paIt Of the State oppose
ab0lishng the Internal Revenue tax on
hiskey. brandy and tobacco. We pre-
sumo they do not know what cause Of
devilment and oppression that tax is on
the people. generally, Of the Western
counties; and we presume they do not
nd rStand how the success OF the Dem
0cratic party III the State is leOpardlzed
unle,s the Law Is repealed, or modified
by repeating the tax on fruit brandy and
tobacco. 1t makes no difference to us If
the people Of other States are opposed to
rcpe&l tit S important to us all that
North Carolina have Democratic Gov
crnmcnt. whether we have a Democratic
President or not. 1t is of much more i'm
portance to us that We adopt measures to
save our own State from Radical~Rrpub-
ican rule than It is to re-clcct Mr.. CIevc-
land. And we say plainly that unless
Democrats secure some modification or a
repeal of the Internal Revenue laws, we
will be defeated in the next State e!ec>
tions.-Charlotte Democrat.
We'll suppose that the Democrats
ia North Carolina do ali IN their
power to repeal the law and fail as
they did do in the last Congress,
then what? Must the party in the
State be defeated by its own mem
bers because the Democracy of
North Carolina can't control the
Democracy Of the Union? Why De,
feat the party for not doing an i'm
possible thing and at the same time
elect the party that passed and en-
forced for moro than twenty years
this very internal revenue law2 Will
the Republicans repeal 1t? Have
they not had twenty years in which
to repeal 1t? If the Republican
party Of the Union are so anxious to
repeal tins law. let them make the
move in the right direction, and let
Virginia, North Carolina and Tenn
essee Democrats who want 1t res
pealed aid in its rereal. Now We
think neither the Republican nor
the Democratic party as such wants
the Internal revenue law repealed
The extreme wing Of the a1protec,Ion-
lists want 1t repealed because its
III I
yearly one hundred million Of dol
lars clear profits out Of tie people.
It's odious execution in the noun
tains, by our Getestahle red legged
grasshoppecs, causes Our people in
the west to want it repealed. We
have always thought fruit brandy
ought to be exempt. Bat we cant
see the wisdom in repeating the tsx
on whiskey ard tobacco. Bet we
agree with yOu brother Yates that
it is all important to hold this State,
even st the loss of the President and
the Internal revenue added. We
would say repeal the Internal re-
venue and surrender the General
Government to Foraker, Sherman
and Blaine, rather than hand this
State over to the Republicans. and
we Of the East over 10 the tender
mercles Of the negroes. We can not
afford to be defeated in 1888, In
teynal Revenre or no Internal Re
verue Cleveland or TO Cleveland.
If the law is repealed and Cleveland
Is defeated We must save the State.
If the law is not repealed, we must
save the State. At all hazards and
in any contingency or emergency,
we must hold the State and we can
hold it, and we will hold it. We
don't believe our friends IN the West
will 90 back on rs in the East. They
I know we Of :Ee East can't repeal the
Internal Revenue. They know we
haYe neitHer voice or vote In the
matter. They also know we never
failed to aid and help them when we
had it in our power. and they have
never failed to aid and help US when
we called upon them, and we are
not going to fail each other in the
future, Now if the party declares
in favor of abolishlng the Internal
Revenue, every Democrat in the
East will stand square by that de.
claration. We may differ now but
when the command is given we will
all toe the mark.